Electrochemical behavior of the Cp*(dithiolato)Co(III) complex [(η5-Cp*)Co(1,2-S2C2 B10H10-S,S′)] and its derivatives: The effect of the ligand on half-sandwich cobalt(III) complexes

Bo Young Kim, Chongmok Lee, Seung Won Chung, Young Joo Lee, Jae Youn Pak, Jaejung Ko, Sang Ook Kang

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Abstract

Reaction of the 16-electron dithiolatocobalt, [(η5- Cp*)Co(CabS,S′)] (1) (CabS,S′=1, 2-S2C2B10H10-S,S′), with a ligand L (L=CNtBu, PMe3, PEt3, PHPh2) affords the 18-electron complexes [(η5- Cp*)Co(CabS,S′)(L)] (2) in high yield. The structures of 2 in solution were probed by NMR spectroscopy, and the solid-state structure of the diphenylphosphine derivative was established by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Cyclic voltammetry of 1 shows that the complex undergoes a quasi-reversible one-electron oxidation and reversible reduction. The voltammetry of the corresponding 18-electron complex 2 was investigated rather extensively in terms of coordination and redox chemistry, in which the influence of the enhanced steric interaction between the bulky Cp* and incoming ligand could be observed. Cyclic voltammograms of alkylidiene or acetylene adducts of dithiolatocobalt complex 1, [(η5-Cp*)Co{η 3-(S,S′, C′)-SC2B10 H10S(C′R2)}] [C′R2=CHSiMe 3 (3a), HC=CPh (3b), (COOMe)C=C(COOMe) (3c)], are also included.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)236-245
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of Organometallic Chemistry
Volume688
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Dec 2003

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Funding Information:
We thank Prof. Sukbok Chang at the Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) for helpful discussions. Financial support from the Korean Science & Engineering Foundation (R01-2000-00050) and the Korea Research Foundation (2001-041-D00119) is gratefully acknowledged.

Keywords

  • 18-Electron dithiolate
  • Cyclic voltammetry
  • Dithiolatocobalt
  • Redox process

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